/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

In some cases, not using wigs can work. Like 10% of the time, maybe. I have super fucking thick hair, to the point where I've been asked if it's a wig. For short styles, it can work as long as your hair is healthy-looking, clean, and not faded (if you dyed it).

When I cosplayed Ringo I gave up on the wig I bought after one shoot. The light is particularly unflattering in that shot, because normally it looked fine, but it didn't have enough volume. In this pic you can see that my ends had faded, so I did break the "no faded hair" rule, but I didn't realize how obvious it looked until I got pictures back.

Also, number one thing to remember if you're doing real hair to a con- make sure to know the weather for the area where your con is. I have to straighten my hair, and as soon as it rains my hair goes to being super wavy so if I'm going somewhere that's humid, not using a wig is a bad idea
I also have to plan washing my hair; it gets really dry and frizzy the day after I wash it so I need to prepare my shower schedule before the con to make sure it looks good. Last time I used my real hair for a con, I put it in a wig before it had completely dried and even after trying to straighten it, it ended up being a weird shape and just looked bad.